Top 2017 Rankings For DePaul University
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All 2017 Rankings For DePaul University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 254 of 1387 |
| Great Lakes | 38 of 224 |
| Illinois | 10 of 53 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | |
| Great Lakes | |
| Illinois |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Great Lakes | |
| Illinois |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | |
| Great Lakes | |
| Illinois |
Diversity
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| Overall | 118 of 2398 |
| Ethnic | 467 of 2655 |
| Male / Female | 477 of 1717 |
| Location | 349 of 2397 |
Best Religiously Affiliated
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| Roman Catholic | 35 of 171 |
Architecture & Related Services
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| Most Popular | |
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Architectural History
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| Most Popular | 3 of 8 |
| Most Focused | 4 of 8 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 166 of 535 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 102 of 288 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 149 of 370 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 96 of 249 |
Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 146 of 390 |
| Most Focused |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 329 of 818 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 462 of 1399 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 406 of 892 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 233 of 812 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 338 of 1357 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 354 of 850 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 831 |
| Best Value | 294 of 778 |
| Most Popular | 63 of 2093 |
| Most Focused | 448 of 2090 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 145 of 904 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 48 of 608 |
| Best Value | 274 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 31 of 1342 |
| Most Focused | 216 of 1344 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 62 of 652 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 121 of 727 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 492 of 1756 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 220 of 727 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked | 23 of 107 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 27 of 214 |
| Most Focused | 52 of 214 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 23 of 161 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked | 28 of 376 |
| Best Value | 152 of 362 |
| Most Popular | 21 of 634 |
| Most Focused | 42 of 634 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 187 of 420 |
Hospitality Management
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| Top Ranked | 27 of 117 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 95 of 270 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 127 |
Management Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 15 of 160 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 112 of 369 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 220 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
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| Top Ranked | 16 of 71 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 7 of 152 |
| Most Focused | 18 of 152 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 18 of 89 |
Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 39 of 396 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 49 of 764 |
| Most Focused | 149 of 764 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 71 of 455 |
Real Estate
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| Most Popular | 24 of 50 |
| Most Focused | 24 of 50 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 11 of 39 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 26 of 590 |
| Best Value | 220 of 567 |
| Most Popular | 19 of 1210 |
| Most Focused | 34 of 1210 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 80 of 719 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 79 of 537 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 73 of 1018 |
| Most Focused | 338 of 1018 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 81 of 608 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 25 of 190 |
| Best Value | 83 of 186 |
| Most Popular | 86 of 350 |
| Most Focused | 151 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 237 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 7 of 313 |
| Most Focused | 8 of 313 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 42 of 179 |
Communications Technologies & Support
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| Most Popular | 49 of 233 |
| Most Focused |
Graphic Communications
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| Most Popular | 22 of 152 |
| Most Focused |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 556 |
| Best Value | 126 of 529 |
| Most Popular | 42 of 1634 |
| Most Focused | 327 of 1632 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Computer & Information Sciences (Other)
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| Most Popular | |
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Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked | 88 of 336 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 167 of 871 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 149 of 456 |
Computer Programming
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| Most Popular | 7 of 137 |
| Most Focused | 51 of 137 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | 108 of 269 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 78 of 605 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Computer Software & Applications
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| Most Popular | 84 of 256 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 37 |
Computer Systems Networking
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| Most Popular | 31 of 182 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 27 |
Information Science
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| Top Ranked | 20 of 82 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 61 of 242 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 133 |
Information Technology
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| Most Popular | 102 of 261 |
| Most Focused |
Education
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| Top Ranked | 41 of 450 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 225 of 1377 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 71 of 710 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 143 of 1174 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 39 of 380 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 319 of 879 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 53 of 510 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 37 of 625 |
| Best Value | 183 of 589 |
| Most Popular | 88 of 1354 |
| Most Focused | 495 of 1354 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 288 of 873 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 84 of 644 |
| Best Value | 271 of 607 |
| Most Popular | 85 of 1274 |
| Most Focused | 422 of 1275 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 269 of 806 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 172 of 367 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 203 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 312 of 948 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 143 of 661 |
Germanic Languages
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| Most Popular | 126 of 305 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 70 of 223 |
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 291 of 828 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 122 of 592 |
Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 608 of 1720 |
| Most Focused |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 24 of 247 |
| Most Focused | 101 of 247 |
History
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| Top Ranked | 214 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 191 of 1251 |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 213 of 615 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 191 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 191 of 828 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | 10 of 350 |
| Best Value | 99 of 330 |
| Most Popular | 68 of 1181 |
| Most Focused | 311 of 1180 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 52 of 465 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | 12 of 363 |
| Best Value | 99 of 341 |
| Most Popular | 68 of 1181 |
| Most Focused | 311 of 1180 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 56 of 508 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | 175 of 486 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 200 of 1238 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 155 of 818 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | 150 of 504 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 175 of 1190 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 126 of 786 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 439 of 1004 |
| Most Focused |
Mathematics & Computer Science
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| Most Popular | 18 of 45 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 22 |
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
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| Most Popular | 12 of 45 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 166 of 708 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 62 of 270 |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | 130 of 650 |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Health & Physical Education
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | 130 of 264 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 79 of 944 |
| Most Focused | 442 of 944 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 145 of 613 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 96 of 260 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 86 of 742 |
| Most Focused | 334 of 742 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 133 of 536 |
Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 120 of 542 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 104 of 335 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 420 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 127 of 792 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | 181 of 430 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 319 of 1084 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 748 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | 295 of 718 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 143 of 544 |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 259 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 114 of 1490 |
| Most Focused | 711 of 1490 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 129 of 901 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 234 of 854 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 105 of 1421 |
| Most Focused | 639 of 1421 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 120 of 857 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 455 |
Public Policy
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 173 of 691 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 144 of 1320 |
| Most Focused | 518 of 1320 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 198 of 878 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 108 of 344 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 220 of 733 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 549 |
Geography & Cartography
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 227 |
International Relations & National Security
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| Most Popular | 51 of 332 |
| Most Focused | 166 of 332 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 215 |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 246 of 613 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 93 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | 339 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 206 of 768 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 87 of 552 |
| Best Value | 247 of 532 |
| Most Popular | 114 of 969 |
| Most Focused | 429 of 969 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 68 of 697 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 63 of 672 |
| Best Value | 225 of 641 |
| Most Popular | 88 of 1566 |
| Most Focused | 517 of 1565 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 147 of 851 |
Arts & Media Management
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| Most Popular | 72 of 147 |
| Most Focused |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 52 of 322 |
| Best Value | 130 of 312 |
| Most Popular | 28 of 814 |
| Most Focused | 174 of 814 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 60 of 546 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 141 |
| Best Value | 32 of 139 |
| Most Popular | 26 of 363 |
| Most Focused | 134 of 363 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 50 of 181 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 214 of 533 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 474 of 1123 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 148 of 700 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 51 of 393 |
| Best Value | 184 of 382 |
| Most Popular | 75 of 1034 |
| Most Focused | 393 of 1035 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 117 of 660 |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Basketball (D1) | 145 of 335 |
| Men's Soccer (D1) |
Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | 14 of 333 |
| Women's Soccer (D1) | 13 of 315 |
| Women's Softball (D1) | 41 of 282 |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) |
Veterans
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| Overall | 115 of 1429 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 70 of 186 |
Area Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 68 of 187 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 366 of 828 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 217 of 822 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 32 of 865 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 32 of 629 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 204 of 760 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 109 |
Finance & Financial Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 386 |
Hospitality Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 44 of 120 |
Management Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 165 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 9 of 71 |
Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 23 of 407 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 19 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 59 of 546 |
Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 192 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 577 |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 119 of 350 |
Computer Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 128 of 275 |
Information Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 26 of 86 |
Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 81 of 459 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 66 of 389 |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 632 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 38 of 651 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 180 of 362 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 151 of 377 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 199 of 597 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 192 of 623 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 9 of 361 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 373 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 151 of 490 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 108 of 508 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 96 of 266 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 261 |
Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 52 of 108 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 176 of 431 |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 267 of 864 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 233 of 870 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 162 of 698 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 173 of 432 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 206 of 619 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 49 of 557 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 69 of 683 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 61 of 324 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 13 of 145 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 200 of 539 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 49 of 396 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 68 of 988 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Online | 2 of 37 |
| Most Popular Online | 15 of 115 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Online | 2 of 30 |
| Most Popular Online | 9 of 88 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Online | 1 of 72 |
| Most Popular Online | 116 of 321 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Top Ranked Online | 6 of 43 |
| Most Popular Online | 52 of 157 |
International Quality
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| OVERALL | 138 of 1184 |
| Brazil | 84 of 447 |
| Canada | 121 of 671 |
| China | 102 of 821 |
| Colombia | 75 of 278 |
| Egypt | 72 of 169 |
| France | 106 of 311 |
| Germany | 102 of 380 |
| Ghana | 94 of 226 |
| Greece | |
| Hong Kong | 98 of 201 |
| India | 119 of 641 |
| Indonesia | 84 of 210 |
| Iran | 111 of 262 |
| Israel | |
| Italy | |
| Japan | 114 of 443 |
| Jordan | 58 of 157 |
| Kenya | 82 of 206 |
| Malaysia | 60 of 235 |
| Mexico | 110 of 330 |
| Mongolia | 27 of 73 |
| Nigeria | 50 of 438 |
| Pakistan | 69 of 264 |
| Peru | |
| Russia | 85 of 251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 39 of 561 |
| South Korea | 129 of 609 |
| Spain | 85 of 293 |
| Taiwan | 89 of 363 |
| Thailand | 46 of 257 |
| Turkey | 103 of 282 |
| Ukraine | |
| United Kingdom | 126 of 517 |
| Venezuela | 66 of 265 |
| Vietnam | 111 of 495 |
International Value
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| OVERALL | 535 of 1155 |
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| China | |
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| Egypt | |
| France | |
| Germany | |
| Ghana | |
| Greece | 48 of 117 |
| Hong Kong | |
| India | |
| Indonesia | |
| Iran | |
| Israel | 44 of 91 |
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